The denial from the Indian mission came a day after it refuted as fake and blatantly false local social media speculation that former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled to India
The order comes amidst clashes between supporters and opponents of the ruling Rajapaksa regime against the backdrop of an unprecedented economic crisis.
Rajapaksa, his wife Shiranthi, and their youngest son Rohitha and his family, left the Prime Minister's official residence, Temple Trees, early Tuesday morning
Sri Lanka’s main opposition party on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, issued a no-confidence declaration aiming at ousting Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet and blaming them of failing in their constitutional duty to provide a decent living standards amid the island nation's worst economic crisis in memory
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and Cabinet comprised of all parties in Parliament, lawmaker Maithripala Sirisena said after meeting with the president